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Alright that's one thing the other is the theme of blessing and Curses. God cursed the line of Canaan with servitude because they showed disrespect towards Noah. But He blessed Sham and Japheth because they showed respect of their fathers’ vulnerable condition

 I think the real point of this passage is not the nakedness it's not the drunkenness it's not even the curse or the blessing although that's a big part of it. The main point of the passage, and one not to be overlooked is the promise to the Israelites that they were to enter into the land of the Canaanites and when they did that to not hesitate to make their inhabitants subservient because God had declared already that they be put into that position. If you think that sounds a little harsh, don’t forget that coming under the servitude of the Israelites would have been a way back for some of them to come under the blessing of God again.

The problems in this passage for some is that they think the father committed the sin, but his son gets cursed. That doesn't sound fair to the modern but there is another issue going on here. It does indeed say several times in the Old Testament, that the sins of the fathers are punished in the children. It says even more specifically in Exodus.

I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

(Ex 20: 5b)

The reason I bring that up is it explains completely what's going on. Did you notice the whole verse, or particularly the last part of that verse, “of those who hate Me”. The reason they got judged is because they committed the sin as well. The Sin it isn't that the father sinned, and the Children got punished. The fact is the father's committed the sin and the sons followed the father and committed the same sin and because of that there was a judgment. Like father like son, but the future generations were even worse. You see the Canaanite people constantly lead Israel astray throughout the Old Testament and they continued to pose a threat to Israelite holiness. We see this characteristic begin in Ham, but these descendants are not cursed with bondage because of what he did. They were cursed because of what they did. They acted exactly like he done, and that is the point of the story.

This passage ultimately teaches that sin against the father leads to slavery. There's a curse and the curses are only enacted when you choose to sin, because sin leads to slavery. Jesus said in John chapter 8 he “who commit sin is the slave of sin”.

How many times do you have to do something to become a slave to sin? In some cases, just once and you get hooked, because if you had not done it the first time, you couldn’t then have done it repeatedly, and then you wouldn't become a slave to it. So, this passage is talking about the fact that sin is like a curse that leads to slavery. However, there is also the point in the passage that God blesses. As matter fact I think that those two ideas really are the sum of the passage that, the curse of sin is that it leads to slavery, but God also blesses those who are faithful, however that blessing should always lead to you blessing others.

What a great lesson, don't sin, or you will end up a slave to sin. Instead, be blessed and then go and bless others. Be blessed so you can bless others. That is the point I want to end up with. When God blesses, us we are meant to go and bless others.

When God bless you, throw open wide the doors of your tent and call others into your tent to experience that blessing. Go, bless other people. Has the Lord blessed you, then are you blessing other people?